2. A piece of ground washed by the action of a sea or river,
or sometimescovered and sometimes left dry; the
shallowest part of a river, or arm of the sea; also, a
bog; a marsh; a fen; as, the washes in Lincolnshire. ``The
Wash of Edmonton so gay.'' --Cowper.
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7. (Naut.)
(a) The blade of an oar, or the thin part which enters the
water.
(b) The backwardcurrent or disturbed water caused by the
action of oars, or of a steamer's screw or paddles,
etc.
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8. The flow, swash, or breaking of a body of water, as a
wave; also, the sound of it.
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9. Ten strikes, or bushels, of oysters. [Prov. Eng.]
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10. [Western U. S.] (Geol.)
(a) Gravel and other rock d['e]bris transported and
deposited by running water; coarse alluvium.
(b) An alluvial cone formed by a stream at the base of a
mountain.
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11. The dry bed of an intermittent stream, sometimes at the
bottom of a ca[~n]on; as, the Amargosa wash, Diamond
wash; -- called also {dry wash}. [Western U. S.]
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Wash barrel — Wash Wash, n. 1. The act of washing; an ablution; a cleansing, wetting, or dashing with water; hence, a quantity, as of clothes, washed at once. [1913 Webster] 2. A piece of ground washed by the action of a sea or river, or sometimes covered and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Wash bottle — Wash Wash, n. 1. The act of washing; an ablution; a cleansing, wetting, or dashing with water; hence, a quantity, as of clothes, washed at once. [1913 Webster] 2. A piece of ground washed by the action of a sea or river, or sometimes covered and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English